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Los Angeles County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 329,886 crimes in Los Angeles County, California. With a population of 9,929,814, there was 1 crime for every 30.1 people in the county. Out of the 329,886 crimes reported, 266,491 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 63,395 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	864	8.70
Rape	2285	23.01
Robbery	27,681	278.77
Assault	32,565	327.95
Burglary	55,026	554.15
Larceny	151,411	1524.81
Vehicle	59,680	601.02
Arson	374	3.8

The 2007 crime rate was 3,322.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -0.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,339.2 incidents). There were 638.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -2.5% change (from 648.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -1.2% from (2,690.4) the previous year to 2,683.7 per 100,000 people.

Los Angeles County ranks #51 for violent crimes and #33 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,636 and #2,029 for violent and property related offenses respectively in the nation.

A snapshot of the most current crime statistics are shown in the chart to the left and historical criminal data is shown in the charts below.

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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1012	10.1	2342	23.4	27,731	276.6	33,959	338.7
2005	1069	10.7	2384	23.8	26,694	266.8	36,204	361.9
2004	1038	10.4	2483	24.9	26,565	266.0	46,566	466.3
2003	1054	10.6	2586	26.1	28,963	292.3	52,069	525.4
2002	1162	11.8	2895	29.3	29,994	303.9	55,008	557.4
2001	1074	11.1	2790	28.8	30,254	312.0	55,730	574.8
2000	1006	10.6	2761	29.0	28,416	298.5	57,803	607.2
1999	891	9.5	2557	27.4	27,818	297.6	54,954	587.8
1998	959	10.4	2724	29.4	31,041	335.3	59,428	641.9
1997	1175	12.5	2846	30.3	38,601	410.9	64,050	681.8
1996	1403	15.1	3034	32.7	46,172	497.5	67,993	732.7
1995	1678	18.2	3176	34.5	52,287	568.6	73,411	798.3
1994	1669	18.1	3188	34.6	56,116	609.2	77,026	836.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	55,499	553.6	149,138	1487.7	64,697	645.4	380	3.8
2005	58,861	588.4	156,681	1566.2	70,621	705.9	378	3.8
2004	59,425	595.1	165,971	1662.1	72,125	722.3	368	3.7
2003	60,301	608.5	171,819	1733.9	75,240	759.3	399	4.0
2002	62,055	628.8	171,510	1737.9	71,967	729.2	416	4.2
2001	61,526	634.5	171,785	1771.7	67,909	700.4	440	4.5
2000	60,597	636.6	164,602	1729.1	64,266	675.1	427	4.5
1999	57,051	610.3	162,389	1737.1	57,307	613.0	415	4.4
1998	67,557	729.7	174,023	1879.7	65,243	704.7	537	5.8
1997	76,585	815.2	182,702	1944.8	79,771	849.2	515	5.5
1996	87,318	940.9	208,611	2247.9	90,542	975.6	567	6.1
1995	96,365	1047.9	233,914	2543.6	101,811	1107.1	542	5.9
1994	104,011	1129.2	236,758	2570.5	113,027	1227.1	692	7.5

*Crime Rate is based on number of reported cases per 100,000 population